Chris Jones <cjns1...@gmail.com>: > This is an old Dell Inspiron 7500 with an Intel PIII - (Coppermine) > running debian 'lenny'. > > The hardware supports an early version of the SpeedStep technology that > makes it possible to switch clocking between 650MHz and 500MHz. This is > normally done via a BIOS option where the focus appears to be on battery > life. > > Since the batteries are long dead and will not be replaced, I'm more > looking into trying to lower the laptop's temperature a bit by having it > either throttle the CPU, or put to sleep whatever components are not > strictly necessary, when I'm not using the system.. or doing what I'm
I think you're on the right track. Here's what I have on AMD-64 bit. (0) infidel /home/keeling_ lsmod | grep cpu cpufreq_userspace 8452 0 cpufreq_stats 9120 0 cpufreq_powersave 6400 0 cpufreq_ondemand 11792 2 cpufreq_conservative 11784 0 freq_table 9344 3 cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand,powernow_k8 Replace that powernow_k8 with what you need, ... -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
